Wood  In  Words
"The Wood Song"



Written by Emily Saliers
Performed by the Indigo Girls
on their album "Swamp Ophelia".
The thin horizon of a plan is almost clear
My friends and I have had a tough time
We're bruising our brains
Hard up against change
All the old dogs and the magician

Now I see we're in the boat in two-by-two's
Only the heart that we have for a tool we could use
And the very close quarters
Are hard to get used to
Love weighs the hull down with its weight

But the wood is tired, and the wood is old
And we'll make it fine, if the weather holds
But if the weather holds, then we'll have missed the point
That's where I need to go

No way construction of this tricky plan
Was built by other than a greater hand
With a love that passes
All our understanding
Watching closely over the journey

Yeah, but what it takes to cross the great divide
Seems all the courage I can muster up inside
But we get to have some answers
When we reach the other side
The prize is always worth the rocky ride

But the wood is tired, and the wood is old
And we'll make it fine, if the weather holds
But if the weather holds, then we'll have missed the point
That's where I need to go

Sometimes I ask to sneak a closer look
Skip to the final chapter of the book
And then maybe steer us clear
From some of the pain it took
To get us where we are this far

But the question drowns in its futility
And even I have got to laugh at me
'Cause no one gets to miss
The storm of what will be
Just holding on for the ride

And the wood is tired, and the wood is old
And we'll make it fine if the weather holds
But if the weather holds, then we'll have missed the point
That's where I need to go


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